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Lismore Council waives more than $300K for Norco

Mia Armitage - 0
Northern Rivers dairy co-operative Norco won unanimous support of Lismore City Councillors last week to have more than $300,000 in charges related to non-compliant waste written off.
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Norco’s big discharge bill recommended for write-off

Mia Armitage - 5
Lismore City councillors are to consider writing off two debts at their ordinary meeting today, including one for more than $300,000 incurred by local dairy co-op Norco.
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Greens MP ‘not taking sides’ in homeless stand-off with NSW gov’t

Mia Armitage - 6
The state member for Ballina says she is reluctant to take sides in a recent stand-off between local homeless people and the NSW government.
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Northern Rivers activists wear ‘media vests’ at Brisbane’s Palestine march

Mia Armitage - 19
A group of around 150 Northern Rivers residents travelled over the state border on Sunday to join Brisbane’s march in support of journalists killed in Palestine.
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Sports and tourism to join Lismore’s arts and cultural policy

Mia Armitage - 0
The Lismore City Council has voted to ‘rewrite’ its arts and cultural policy into a new Sport, Tourism, Culture and Art Policy.
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Lismore City Council’s arts and cultural policy ‘obsolete’

Mia Armitage - 2
Lismore City Council’s general manager says preliminary internal circulation of four policies flagged as ‘obsolete’ and worthy of elimination has not raised any official objections.
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Cr Big Rob pushes for public land regen priority in offsets

Mia Armitage - 0
Lismore City Council staff say they are happy to investigate the option of a new policy aimed at directing certain developer fees towards publicly owned land restoration projects.
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Police accused of downplaying pro-Palestine numbers

Mia Armitage - 15
Participants in Sunday’s march across the Sydney Harbour Bridge say they numbered up to 300,000, far more than the 90,000 cited by police.
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Byron’s Special Entertainment Precinct trial up to the community, says minister

Mia Armitage - 2
Byron Bay will only be approved for a Special Entertainment Precinct if the community, represented by the Byron Shire Council, wants one, NSW Minister John Graham said last week.
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Lismore Council to debate future of flood-plain buybacks

Mia Armitage - 3
The future of bought-back houses on Lismore’s flood plain is to again be discussed at a Lismore City Council meeting today.
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Live, local and loving it: Byron in tune to Bay FM’s inaugural Airwaves

Mia Armitage - 0
The Northern Rivers music scene was on show to a crowd of adoring fans Saturday night at Bay FM’s inaugural Airwaves live and local gig celebration in Bangalow.
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Protests continue against RA’s house demolitions

Mia Armitage - 3
Around 150 people gathered in intermittently wet weather in Lismore on Saturday to share frustrations over the NSW Reconstruction Authority’s management of recovery processes for disaster impacted homes.
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Race for Richmond: Labor winning but tally still too close to call

Mia Armitage - 27
The federal electoral race for Richmond was officially too close to call as counting finished Sunday but a nation-wide so-called ‘Labor landslide’ looked likely to include the marginal seat.
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Race for Richmond: Labor determined to win majority government with Justine Elliot

Mia Armitage - 12
We spoke with the incumbent candidate for the seat of Richmond, Labor’s Justine Elliot, in the final week of campaigning before pre-polling started.
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Race for Richmond: The Nationals secure maximum how-to-vote preferences with Kimberly Hone

Mia Armitage - 6
We spoke with National Party of Australia federal candidate for the seat of Richmond, Kimberly Hone, on day three of pre-polling at the Jessie McMillan Hall pre-poll booth in Murwillumbah.
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Race for Richmond: The Greens’ push for minority gov’t with Mandy Nolan

Mia Armitage - 15
We spoke with The Greens federal candidate for the seat of Richmond, Mandy Nolan, on day three of pre-polling at the Richmond Room pre-poll booth in Ballina.
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Byron Bay Wildlife Hospital a marginal Richmond seat favourite

Mia Armitage - 3
The Byron Bay Wildlife Hospital has starred in two federal election campaign announcements in the marginal seat of Richmond, with both The Greens and Labor promising funds if they get the numbers in the 3 May election.
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NSW RA fails to formally agree to house relocations to high ground at Goonellabah, say Council staff

Mia Armitage - 4
Land at Goonellabah proposed for rezoning to accommodate housing is to be considered at this week’s Lismore City Council meeting but hopes for house relocations from flood areas appear reduced.
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No club grants for Tweed, Ballina or Lismore in March list

Mia Armitage - 0
The Tweed, Ballina and Lismore state electorates have failed to appear in the most recent list of funding recipients under the NSW Infrastructure Sports and Recreation club grants program.
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Justine Elliot announces free mental health clinic for Tweed

Mia Armitage - 22
Federal Labor Member for Richmond has been busy announcing funding promises and projects in the lead up to the imminent but yet-to-be-scheduled 2025 Federal Election.
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Bay FM back on air after ex-Cyclone Alfred outages

Mia Armitage - 0
Volunteers and staff at community radio station Bay FM 99.9 are celebrating a return to regular programming after power outages cut services leading up to and during ex-Cyclone Alfred.
Read more
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Lismore Council waives more than $300K for Norco

Mia Armitage - 0
Northern Rivers dairy co-operative Norco won unanimous support of Lismore City Councillors last week to have more than $300,000 in charges related to non-compliant waste written off.
Read more
Local News

Norco’s big discharge bill recommended for write-off

Mia Armitage - 5
Lismore City councillors are to consider writing off two debts at their ordinary meeting today, including one for more than $300,000 incurred by local dairy co-op Norco.
Read more
Local News

Greens MP ‘not taking sides’ in homeless stand-off with NSW gov’t

Mia Armitage - 6
The state member for Ballina says she is reluctant to take sides in a recent stand-off between local homeless people and the NSW government.
Read more
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Northern Rivers activists wear ‘media vests’ at Brisbane’s Palestine march

Mia Armitage - 19
A group of around 150 Northern Rivers residents travelled over the state border on Sunday to join Brisbane’s march in support of journalists killed in Palestine.
Read more
Local News

Sports and tourism to join Lismore’s arts and cultural policy

Mia Armitage - 0
The Lismore City Council has voted to ‘rewrite’ its arts and cultural policy into a new Sport, Tourism, Culture and Art Policy.
Read more
Local News

Lismore City Council’s arts and cultural policy ‘obsolete’

Mia Armitage - 2
Lismore City Council’s general manager says preliminary internal circulation of four policies flagged as ‘obsolete’ and worthy of elimination has not raised any official objections.
Read more
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Cr Big Rob pushes for public land regen priority in offsets

Mia Armitage - 0
Lismore City Council staff say they are happy to investigate the option of a new policy aimed at directing certain developer fees towards publicly owned land restoration projects.
Read more
Local News

Police accused of downplaying pro-Palestine numbers

Mia Armitage - 15
Participants in Sunday’s march across the Sydney Harbour Bridge say they numbered up to 300,000, far more than the 90,000 cited by police.
Read more
Local News

Byron’s Special Entertainment Precinct trial up to the community, says minister

Mia Armitage - 2
Byron Bay will only be approved for a Special Entertainment Precinct if the community, represented by the Byron Shire Council, wants one, NSW Minister John Graham said last week.
Read more
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Lismore Council to debate future of flood-plain buybacks

Mia Armitage - 3
The future of bought-back houses on Lismore’s flood plain is to again be discussed at a Lismore City Council meeting today.
Read more
Local News

Live, local and loving it: Byron in tune to Bay FM’s inaugural Airwaves

Mia Armitage - 0
The Northern Rivers music scene was on show to a crowd of adoring fans Saturday night at Bay FM’s inaugural Airwaves live and local gig celebration in Bangalow.
Read more
Local News

Protests continue against RA’s house demolitions

Mia Armitage - 3
Around 150 people gathered in intermittently wet weather in Lismore on Saturday to share frustrations over the NSW Reconstruction Authority’s management of recovery processes for disaster impacted homes.
Read more
Local News

Race for Richmond: Labor winning but tally still too close to call

Mia Armitage - 27
The federal electoral race for Richmond was officially too close to call as counting finished Sunday but a nation-wide so-called ‘Labor landslide’ looked likely to include the marginal seat.
Read more
Local News

Race for Richmond: Labor determined to win majority government with Justine Elliot

Mia Armitage - 12
We spoke with the incumbent candidate for the seat of Richmond, Labor’s Justine Elliot, in the final week of campaigning before pre-polling started.
Read more
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Race for Richmond: The Nationals secure maximum how-to-vote preferences with Kimberly Hone

Mia Armitage - 6
We spoke with National Party of Australia federal candidate for the seat of Richmond, Kimberly Hone, on day three of pre-polling at the Jessie McMillan Hall pre-poll booth in Murwillumbah.
Read more
Local News

Race for Richmond: The Greens’ push for minority gov’t with Mandy Nolan

Mia Armitage - 15
We spoke with The Greens federal candidate for the seat of Richmond, Mandy Nolan, on day three of pre-polling at the Richmond Room pre-poll booth in Ballina.
Read more
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Byron Bay Wildlife Hospital a marginal Richmond seat favourite

Mia Armitage - 3
The Byron Bay Wildlife Hospital has starred in two federal election campaign announcements in the marginal seat of Richmond, with both The Greens and Labor promising funds if they get the numbers in the 3 May election.
Read more
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NSW RA fails to formally agree to house relocations to high ground at Goonellabah, say Council staff

Mia Armitage - 4
Land at Goonellabah proposed for rezoning to accommodate housing is to be considered at this week’s Lismore City Council meeting but hopes for house relocations from flood areas appear reduced.
Read more
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No club grants for Tweed, Ballina or Lismore in March list

Mia Armitage - 0
The Tweed, Ballina and Lismore state electorates have failed to appear in the most recent list of funding recipients under the NSW Infrastructure Sports and Recreation club grants program.
Read more
Local News

Justine Elliot announces free mental health clinic for Tweed

Mia Armitage - 22
Federal Labor Member for Richmond has been busy announcing funding promises and projects in the lead up to the imminent but yet-to-be-scheduled 2025 Federal Election.
Read more
Local News

Bay FM back on air after ex-Cyclone Alfred outages

Mia Armitage - 0
Volunteers and staff at community radio station Bay FM 99.9 are celebrating a return to regular programming after power outages cut services leading up to and during ex-Cyclone Alfred.
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Green Heroes among 2026 NSW Environment Award winners

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